girls:
161 births since 2002
#5555 (3rd percentile)
boys:
72 births since 2012
#4514 (2nd percentile)
overall:
233 births since 2002
#7506 (3rd percentile)
The name Maize is the #7,506 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 233 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,555 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 161 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,514 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 72 births since 2012.
Maize first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Maize is available in 14 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 9 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Maize has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 55.6% of babies named Maize were girls.
For girls, Maize reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #937) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maize ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 39.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Maize reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #909) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Maize ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 64.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maize".
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